Man United forward Anthony Martial recalled by France

The World Cup winners play the Netherlands in the Nations League on 16 November and then face Uruguay in a friendly on 20 November. Martial, 22, was not selected in the squad for this summer’s tournament and won his last cap in March.

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has been recalled to the France squad by manager Didier Deschamps.

Meanwhile, Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba has been recalled by Spain, with Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso not included. France coach, Didier Deschamps said of Martial: “He has incredible potential, but does not always show it regularly.

“What he is doing in Manchester now is closer to what he is able to do. “He is still a young player, but one who, I hope, is seeing the importance he has taken in Manchester in recent weeks.”

Alba has scored two goals and provided seven assists in 15 games this season at Barcelona but had been left out of both of Luis Enrique’s previous squads. With Alba back in favour, Chelsea defender Alonso and Real Madrid’s Nacho have been dropped, along with Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke.

“There are a lot of new faces, but this is good and it gives hope to others,” Enrique said. “It also shows we’ve got a big group of players who can come into the squad. “We’re going to continue with the same philosophy of playing good football, to press the opponent, to be solid, compact and hopefully the players can show their best.”